60 Books to read in 2015 – My List

As part of my slightly altered reading challenge, here are the 60 books I have picked for 2015. Yesterday, my grandma let me raid her attic room, where she kept floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. She can’t read anymore (she’s blind in one eye and only has about 15% sight left in the other), so she said I’m welcome to whatever books I want as she’d only give them away anyway. So I raided the book shelves. 21 books I took with me right there and then, and I left about 20 more on the table as I didn’t have anything to carry all of them in at once. A few of those books I incorporated into the list below. I was actually surprised to find that my gran was a Konsalik fan and had all sorts of popular books hidden away (Tai-Pan, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Bonjour tristesse, just to name a few). Others I will have to buy or I’ve meant to buy anyway. I guess for my birthday I’m just sending round a list of books I’ve compiled on Amazon. Do you agree with my list? Can you recommend anything or would you swap books around? Are you doing a reading challenge as well? Let me know in the comments!

My 60 Books Challenge

A book written by someone under the age of 25

A book written by someone over 65

A book published before 1850

A book published this year

An anthology Tales from Nowhere edited by Don George

A book published by an indie press

A book about or by someone who identifies as LGBTQ

A book that takes place in Asia

A book written by an Asian author

A book by an African author

A book that takes place in Africa

A book by or about Native Americans

A book by or about Aborigines

A Young Adult novel

A sci-fi novel The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

A National Book Award winning book

A Man Booker Prize winning book

A Pulitzer Prize winning book

A retelling of a classic story

An audio-book The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

A book adapted for radio Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (adapted by BBC)

A book that was recommended to you Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

A book originally published in a different language The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad

A book in a foreign language

A book you consider a “guilty pleasure”

A book published the year you were born

A book with more than 500 pages

A classic romance Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

A book that became a movie

A book with a number in the title

A funny book

A mystery or thriller

An erotic novel

A book with a one-word title

A nonfiction book

A popular author’s first book

A book from a favourite author you haven’t read yet

A book based on a true story

A book from the bottom of your to-read-pile

A book based on its cover alone

A book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t

A book with antonyms in the title

A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit Vroom with a view by Peter Moore

A trilogy The Vesuvius Club / Devil in Amber / Black Butterfly by Mark Gatiss

A book from your childhood Momo by Michael Ende

A book with a colour in the title A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

A book that makes you cry

A book with magic

A book by an author you’ve never read before

A book you own but haven’t read

A book that takes place in your hometown, state or country Die Spiegelsinfonie by Lilian Muscutt

8 thoughts on “60 Books to read in 2015 – My List”

I’ve seen this challenges but had signed up for others. But your revised list intrigues me – sounds like a fun challenge to take on. Hope you don’t mind – I’d like to join you. Now just have to locate the books – altho I have hundreds at home to choose from. lol

Great to have you on board! Everyone’s welcome, spread the word. I’m just putting a post together with a few suggestions for some of the lesser known categories (or where to start looking for titles). 🙂 I’ve got about half of these books at home, some in German but most in English.